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Optometrists · SOC 29-1041

Optometrists Salary in the Dayton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area

Figures describe the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Dayton city limits.

Median annual wage$139,000
Median hourly wage$66.83

Optometrists in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area earned a median of $139,000 per year ($66.83 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $65,350 at the 10th percentile to $201,490 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Optometrists in the Dayton metro area earn more than $139,000 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $98,620 and $167,550.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$65,350$98,620$139,000$167,550$201,490
Hourly$31.42$47.41$66.83$80.55$96.87

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Dayton metro areathis metro area
    $139,000
  • Ohiostate (OH)
    $134,850
  • United Statesnational
    $136,570

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs Ohio overall and +2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$79,990$111,930$143,870$175,810St. George, UT — $79,990Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $86,250Tulsa, OK — $100,250Cedar Rapids, IA — $102,860Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $103,670Boise City, ID — $103,890Oklahoma City, OK — $104,870Fort Smith, AR-OK — $109,200San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $111,780Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $114,360Baton Rouge, LA — $115,210Johnson City, TN — $115,210Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $115,960Traverse City, MI — $118,030Bismarck, ND — $121,100Columbus, GA-AL — $121,830Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $122,150Jackson, MS — $122,770Wichita, KS — $123,940Manchester-Nashua, NH — $124,470Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $124,470Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $124,640Knoxville, TN — $125,090Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $125,530Eugene-Springfield, OR — $125,760Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $126,180Lincoln, NE — $126,510Chattanooga, TN-GA — $126,600Omaha, NE-IA — $127,110Canton-Massillon, OH — $127,190Tyler, TX — $127,300Longview, TX — $127,840Lynchburg, VA — $128,010Madison, WI — $128,220College Station-Bryan, TX — $128,500Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $128,830Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $128,890San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $129,020Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $129,080Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $129,150Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $129,370Fort Wayne, IN — $129,390Amarillo, TX — $129,490Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $129,780Bend, OR — $129,810Pittsburgh, PA — $129,900Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $129,990Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $130,390McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $130,450Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $130,460Toledo, OH — $130,640Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $130,710Topeka, KS — $130,930Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $131,060Richmond, VA — $131,080Akron, OH — $131,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $131,770Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $131,890St. Cloud, MN — $131,960Colorado Springs, CO — $131,980Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $132,130Ogden, UT — $132,160Clarksville, TN-KY — $132,200El Paso, TX — $132,240Lancaster, PA — $132,360Stockton-Lodi, CA — $132,390Fargo, ND-MN — $132,690Bloomington, IL — $132,740San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $132,790Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $133,010San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $133,280Salinas, CA — $133,350Columbus, OH — $133,370Ann Arbor, MI — $133,770Evansville, IN — $133,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $133,820Flint, MI — $134,030Erie, PA — $134,230Albany, GA — $134,250Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $134,420Salem, OR — $134,590Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $134,830York-Hanover, PA — $134,990St. Louis, MO-IL — $135,090Visalia, CA — $135,160San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $135,330Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $135,460Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $135,720Cleveland, OH — $135,880New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $136,200Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $136,250Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $136,590Springfield, MA — $136,680Fresno, CA — $136,730Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $136,920Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $137,250Modesto, CA — $137,480Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $137,590Corpus Christi, TX — $138,120Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $138,130Springfield, MO — $138,160South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $138,360Kansas City, MO-KS — $138,580Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $138,940Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $139,000Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $139,020Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $139,030Lexington-Fayette, KY — $139,060Reading, PA — $139,400Chico, CA — $139,890Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $139,910Lubbock, TX — $140,070Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $140,160Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $140,790Reno, NV — $141,230Urban Honolulu, HI — $141,770San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $142,580Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $142,690Wausau, WI — $142,690Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $142,720Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $143,700Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $144,260Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $144,270Green Bay, WI — $144,840Roanoke, VA — $144,900Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $145,630Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $149,380Kennewick-Richland, WA — $149,510Worcester, MA — $149,600Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $150,010Appleton, WI — $150,060Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $150,340Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $150,420Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $150,520Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $150,640New Haven, CT — $150,640Ocala, FL — $152,880Boulder, CO — $153,500Syracuse, NY — $153,790Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $153,980Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $154,050Barnstable Town, MA — $154,290Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $154,660Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $154,690Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $154,970Vallejo, CA — $155,950Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $155,960Columbia, SC — $156,350Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $156,990Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $157,140Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $157,210Tucson, AZ — $157,650Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $157,970Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $158,130Savannah, GA — $159,330Rochester, NY — $159,380Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $159,790Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $160,090Killeen-Temple, TX — $160,460Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $160,680New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $161,030Huntsville, AL — $161,170Portland-South Portland, ME — $161,220Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $161,540Jacksonville, FL — $161,560Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $161,850Winston-Salem, NC — $162,540North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $162,690Birmingham, AL — $162,890Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $163,240Raleigh-Cary, NC — $163,290Wilmington, NC — $163,800Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $164,020Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $165,360Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $165,640Dover, DE — $165,660Albuquerque, NM — $165,810Peoria, IL — $166,600Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $166,880Anchorage, AK — $167,000Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $167,810Asheville, NC — $167,980La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $175,810

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Dayton metro area has the 79th-highest published median for this occupation among the 183 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for optometrists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Dayton metro areathis page
    $139,000
  • Cincinnati metro area
    $156,990
  • Cleveland metro area
    $135,880
  • Columbus metro area
    $133,370
  • Akron metro area
    $131,210
  • Toledo metro area
    $130,640
  • Canton metro area
    $127,190

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$82,510Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$61,770Physicians, All Other$315,380Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$60,140Pharmacy Technicians$45,000Nurse Practitioners$118,210

Highest-paying metro areas for optometristss · Highest-paying occupations in Dayton Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.